Anibal

Where Anibal comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Anibal.

Anibal through the years
  1. 1904
    Anibal José born
    Portuguese footballer
  2. 1909
    Anibal Escalante born
    Cuban communist and political organizer
  3. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,264 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1976
    Peak, #911
    83 babies named Anibal, its best rank.
  5. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,263.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Anibal Escalante · Cuban communist and political organizer, 1909–1977
  • Anibal José · Portuguese footballer, 1904–1976
  • Anibal Barrow · Honduran journalist and news anchor, 1948–2013
  • Anibal Oswaldo Parada Najarro · football player, born 1984
  • Anibal dos Santos · Portuguese murderer, born 1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.